[Transcript: screenshots from an Instagram story. Posted by ilansawolstein
Slide 1: White text on black background. White star of David in the corner. In all caps: âWhy is it so Scary to be a Jew Right Nowâ
Slide 2: White background with a large Venn diagram. Top text reads: âThere is hate coming from all sides right now and no one is even trying to hide itâ
Below this text is a four circle Venn diagram.
Top Circle: âNation of Islam: Louis Farrakhan and his followers who call us âsatanic termitesââ
Left Circle: âFar Left: Anti-Zionists believe weâre all racist imperialists and blame us for the Israeli governmentâ
Right Circle: âFar Right: White supremacists are âracistâ against us (even though Judaism is not a race)â
Bottom Circle: ââMainstream Antisemitism: your everyday bigot Holocaust deniers. âJews control the worldââ
The middle overlap between all four circles reads: âhave openly said they want me deadâ and the other overlaps repeat this same message but broken up to a couple of words per overlap.
Slide 3: White background with a bar graph. Top text reads: âWe are grossly outnumbered" Text continues down the right side: âThe combined IG followings of 5 of the most vocal celebrities spreading dangerous antisemitism this month outnumber the total US Jewish population by OVER 7 to 1. (Stephen Jackson, Desean Jackson, Ice Cube, Nick Cannon, Diddy). Ice Cube and Diddy alone have each spread antisemitism to more followers than there are Jews in the ENTIRE WORLD. We literally canât do this alone.â
The bar graph to the left of the text compares the Instagram followings of the above celebrities (in red) with the world Jewish population (in grey).
Left column: âFour [sic] Vocal Celebrity Instagram Followings
(The column continues to the top of the slide, with Diddyâs follow count presumably running over the top)
Right column: âEntire World Jewish Population
Total US Jews 5.7 million
Jews of the Rest of the World 9 million
(This column reaches less than half of the visible left column)
Slide 4: large red number and smaller white text on the red background.
â2107 hate crimes against Jews reported by the ADL in 2009. The highest # of hate crimes since they started recording in 1979.â
Slide 5: White background with two pie charts. Top Text reads: âJews make up just 2% of the U.S. population...â Bottom text reads: â...But were victims of 57.8% of all religion-based hate crimes in 2018. (The next highest is anti-Islam at 14.5%)â
The pie charts are black with copper slices
Top chart: compares total US population with Jewish population using statistic above. âJewsâ is a tiny tiny sliver of the larger âRest of US Populationâ
Bottom chart: compares hate crime percentages from above. âHate Crimes Against Jewsâ takes up more than half of the chart compared to âAll Other Religion Based Hate Crimesâ
Slide 6: Title is white text black background, rest is white background. Title reads: âIf itâs such a big deal why arenât more people talking about it?â
For non-Jews, vocalizing support of Jewish people feels vulnerable and unsafe. What will people think of me? Will it look like Iâm taking away from another movement? Will it change how people perceive me politically? Will people think I donât care about Palestinians?
For Jews, standing up for ourselves is vulnerable and unsafe. Will people believe me? Will my coworkers judge me? Will people equate me with the Israeli government? Will I lose friends, respect? Will people see me differently? Will people think Iâm taking away from another movement? Will people think Iâm being dramatic?
A lot of non-Jews donât want to talk about it because it doesnât effect them. Others donât want to talk about it because they believe what theyâre hearing is âthe truthâ. And some, frankly, just donât care.
For Jews, talking about it can feel like a lost cause -- âTheyâve hated us for thousands of years and are going to hate us anyways so why botherâ. For others, it is simply too painful.â
Slide 7: Black background. Large white text reads âHonestly, I donât want to talk about it either. But if I donât call out antisemitism, who will? Sadly I am afraid to know the answer to that question. And that is exactly why itâs so scary to be a Jew right now.â
Slide 8: Red background. White text in quotation marks reads: âIf weâre going to be outraged by injustice, letâs be outraged by injustice against anyone. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbarâ
Slide 9: Red background. White title text reads â What Can You Do?â
âNon-Jews: Weâre not asking for much. Call it out. Make it clear you stand against all hate. Believe us. Be open to learning, growing, and questioning what youâve been taught.
Jews: Speak up. While youâre standing up for everyone else, donât forget to stand up for yourself. Very few others are.â
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